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1. (n.) screwball
Slang. an eccentric or wildly whimsical person; a kook.
2. screwball
a pitched baseball that veers toward the side from which it was thrown, counter to the motion of a curve ball.
3. (adj.) screwball
Slang. eccentric or whimsical:
screwball ideas.
Etymology: (1925–30,
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1. (noun) crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwball
a whimsically eccentric person
2. (adj) screwball
a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
3. (adj) crazy, half-baked, screwball, softheaded
foolish; totally unsound
"a crazy scheme"; "half-baked ideas"; "a screwball proposal without a prayer of working"
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